Vincent C. Gray (D-Ward 7), 80, has argued that his reduced council committee assignment amounts to discrimination based on his health.
alleging he was discriminated against earlier this year when the legislature cited concerns about his health while moving to shrink his oversight responsibilities.Gray’s complaint, filed jointly Thursday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and D.C. Office of Human Rights, comes more than two months after the council voted to formalize the new committee assignments proposed by Chairman Phil Mendelson .
in late December, Mendelson told his council colleagues that the reassignment was intended to “accommodate [Gray’s] recovery” in the aftermath of the stroke he suffered in late 2021, as well as the torn Achilles’ tendon he had in August. But Gray, who had chaired the health committee since 2017, protested the plan — writing in a statement at the time that Mendelson’s proposal amounted to a “power grab” and was “a clear violation of the DC Human Rights Act.
In a statement Friday, attorney Timothy Maloney, who is among the team of lawyers from the D.C.-area firm Joseph Greenwald and Laake representing Gray, said the council engaged in a clear “act of discrimination.”“Instead of asking Gray if the Council could support his return to work, Mendelson chose to lead a scheme that demoted Gray and limited his legislative authority,” Maloney said.
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